Giving the maid from the money of zakah
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Question:
The brother asks and says: Is it permissible to give the maid from the money of zakah if her family is in need of this money, knowing that I give her her salary every month regularly?
Answer:
If her family are Muslims and she is a Muslim, there is nothing wrong with paying the zakah to them because of their Islam, not because she is with you and serves you and you want to encourage her to stay with you, but rather you give to her because she is a Muslim in need, yes.
The brother asks and says: Is it permissible to give the maid from the money of zakah if her family is in need of this money, knowing that I give her her salary every month regularly?
Answer:
If her family are Muslims and she is a Muslim, there is nothing wrong with paying the zakah to them because of their Islam, not because she is with you and serves you and you want to encourage her to stay with you, but rather you give to her because she is a Muslim in need, yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/220 — archive.org (8:10)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.